April 18th

Listen my children,

and you shall hear

of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.

Yep, that's today.

248 years ago.

Amazing.

Here's a few things you may not 

know about Paul Revere.

1. He wasn't just English. He was part French.

His Dad, Apollos Rivoire, came to Boston

at 13 years old and Anglicized his name.

Paul was one of 12 or 13 kids. 

2. He fought in the French and Indian war,

but was a silversmith by trade, and his

side job was a dentist.

This makes sense because gold

or silver wires were used to hold

ivory teeth together for dentures.

(Nope, he didn't do the dentures 

for Washington.)

3. He was a bit of an artist too.

He did copper plate engravings for

books, pamphlets and menus.

4. He was a spy. He founded a 

group called the "mechanics" after the

Boston Tea Party, who

spied on English soldiers. That group

evolved into the Sons of Liberty.

5. The poem wasn't totally correct.

3 men rode out on the 18th, 

not just Paul, and they met up

about 40 more guys so the 

word would spread.

(Did you think the Revolution

depended only on 1 guy?)

Revere was temporarily detained 

by the British at Lexington, 

and never finished his ride.

Dawes lost his way and Prescott 

was left to alert Concord.

6. He never said, "The British are coming!".

Why go to all the trouble to be covert

only to yell at the top of your lungs

alerting the British militia?

And,

a lot of colonists still considered

themselves British,

so why stir up that bees nest?

So,

how can you celebrate this day?

Listen to a few 

Paul Revere and the Raiders, songs!

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A few of our harvest.

Beets (white, stripped and red),

Carrots (yellow, white and orange)

Purple Broccoli

Tomatoes

Tomatoes, Banana Pepper and 1 

Cherry Tomato.

Broccolini

Yellow Squash

More Yellow Squash

Corn

Asparagus

 

Thyme

Chicory

This plant is a kind of experiment.

We're letting it flower to attract bees.

I wonder what the flowers will look like.

The leaves make great salads,

and the root, when dried, can be added

to coffee.

No, we don't intend on doing that,

we will just eat the leaves.

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Louisiana Irises

Gardenias

Amarylis

Snapdragons

Pansies

Aloe and flowering Portulaca

Sweet Potato Vine flower

Heavy rains the other day

beat down some of the flowers,

so I decided to cut them to

enjoy inside.

Lucy and Ethel patrolling for a meal.

Marigolds

The girls are following me while

I putter in the garden.

Minew has to get in on the fun too.

Nosey cat!

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Blooming Echeverria

African violet leaves.

Hopefully, they will grow!

Mother of Thousands,

closeup.

Blooming Echeverria

on the kitchen window sill

on a rainy morning.

Rooting a piece of 

Holy Basil

Rainy morning window sill.

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And this...

Stuffed artichokes for the win!

(no, we didn't grow these)

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Thanks for reading...

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